Sink-bracket.



No. 758,545. PATENTED APR. 26, 1904. J. J. MAHONEY.

SINK BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23.1904. no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SINK-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 758,545, dated April 26, 1904.

I Application filed January 23,1904. Serial No. 190,295. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN J. MAHONEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga,'in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sink-Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates particularly to brackets for supporting sinks of different sizes.

My bracket is made adjustable and so formed as to adapt a pair of the brackets to engage and support a sink without bolts or screws extending through the sink.

The improvement is specially applicable to enameled sinks, which should not be drilled or bored.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved brackets applied to one end of a sink. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of said sink and a portion of said bracket. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of a portion of said sink and said bracket. Fig. 4: is a section on the line A 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, A is the body of the sink, and B is a horizontal flange at the upper portion of the sink.

0 is the bracket. The bracket consists of three main portionsan upright back 1, ahorizontal fixed arm 2, and oblique brace members 3 3, joining said backl and said arm 2. Said back may be provided with any suitable number of screw or bolt holes 4 1 to receive screws or bolts for securing the bracket to a wall. The outer upright face of the arm 2 is channeled horizontally by the forming of flanges 5 5 on the upper and lower edges of said arm. In said channel rests a supplemental adjustable arm 6. Said arm 6 has a longitudinal horizontal slot 7 and on the adjacent face of-the arm 2is a lug 8, which extends horizontally through the slot 7 far enough to receive a cotter or key 9 in the upright aperture 10. The inner face of the arm 6 is provided with any desired number of upright teeth 11, and the adjacent face of the arm 2 is provided with any desired number of similar teeth 12. The position of the cotter 9 is such as to bear against the outer face of outer end of the arm 6 has a lateral extension 13, the upper edge of which preferably extends to the height of the upper face of the arm 2. Usually two brackets are to be used for the support of a sink, one being placed at each end of the sink; but it will be understood that only one end of the sink may be supported by such a bracket while the other end of the sink is supported by other means.

The bracket is secured in proper position to allow the body A of the sink to bear against the inner face of the arm 2 and allow the flange B to rest uponthe upper edge or face of said arm. The supplemental arm 6 is then set according to the width of the upper portion of the sink A (from front to rear) so that the lateral extension 13 will bear against the front of the body A and against the lower face of the flange B of the sink.

The main portion of the supplemental arm 6 is preferably of proper width to fit closely between the flanges 5 of the arm 2 in order that said flanges may effectively hold said supplemental arm in the horizontal position, and said supplemental arm is preferably made symmetrical with reference to its horizontal axis, the lower edge and the upper edge of the main portion being alike and equidistant from said axis and the lateral extension 13 being also extended downward as far as it is extended upward. When so made, said supplemental arm may be used with either a righthand or a left-hand bracket, and it is therefore necessary to use only one pattern for casting said supplemental arm.

It will be observed that the structure is adapted to economical manufacture.

Obviously the shape and proportions of the bracket may be varied from the form shown by the drawings Without departing from the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. In a sink-bracket, the combination of a horizontal, channeled arm,a supplemental arm resting in the channel of said channeled arm and having at its free end a lateral extension, the meeting faces of said arms having interengaging teeth, and mechanism for binding said arms, substantially as described.

2. In a sink-bracket, the combination of a horizontal, channeled arm, a supplemental arm resting in the channel of said channeled arm and having at its free end a lateral extension, the meeting faces of said arms having interengaging teeth, a lug, and a cotter for binding said arms, substantially as described.

3. In a sink-bracket, the combination of a horizontal, channeled arm, a lug standing in said channel, a supplemental, slotted arm resting in the channel of said channeled arm and surrounding said lug and having at its free end a lateral extension, the meeting faces of said arms having interengaging teeth, and a cotter for binding said arms, substantially as described.

4. In a sink-bracket, the combination of a horizontal, channeled arm, asupplemental arm resting in the channel of said channeled arm and having at its free end a lateral extension rising to the height of the upper face of said channeled arm, a lug, and a cotter for binding said arms, substantially as described.

5. In a sink-bracket, the combination of a horizontal, channeled arm, a supplemental arm resting in the channel of said channeled arm and having at its free end a lateral extension rising to the height of the upper face of said channeled arm, the meeting faces of said arms having interengaging teeth, a lug, and a cotter for binding said arms, substantially as described.

6. In a sink-bracket, the combination of a horizontal, channeled arm, a lug standing in said channel, a supplemental, slotted arm resting in the channel of said channeled arm and surrounding said lug and having at its free end a lateral extension rising to the height of the upper face of said channeled arm, and a cotter for binding said arms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of January, 1904.

JOHN J. MAHONEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN ZIPP, F. H. CALDWELL. 

